Saccharomyces boulardii for IBS-D

[MikeOr]

What is your experience (positive / no change / negative) with Saccharomyces boulardii (yeast) probiotics to treat IBS-D ? I would like to try it, but I am a bit uneasy: I used to take Saccharomyces boulardii (as Florastore) long before I developed IBS-D to prevent traveler's diarrhea when I was visiting Latin America, and I have a suspicion that it eventually caused a very strong bout of diarrhea, though it is impossible to know for sure.

[artisticmum]

I have taken it, but it didn't cause me any problems. As far as I know, it is supposed to help IBS-D.

[MikeOr in reply to artisticmum]

Thanks artisticmum. It did not cause any problems, but did it help with IBS-D symptoms or not ?

[xjrs]

I take it when needed to protect myself against antibiotic associated diarrhoea and it seems to be helpful for that (and there is science to back this up). Plus eventually I find it constipating so might be helpful for IBS-D. Results will be different in everyone, so as always with IBS you have to do your own experimenting.

[BabblingBrooks in reply to xjrs]

Do you take that and Alflorex or drop the later when you need to ?

[xjrs in reply to BabblingBrooks]

If I need to be on antiobiotics I take SB alongside the antibiotics and continue with Alflorex at least 2 hours from each antibiotic dose. I don't take SB as well as Alforex normally.

[BabblingBrooks in reply to xjrs]

If you go away do you carry on with Alflorex too and do you still get flare ups with it ?

[xjrs in reply to BabblingBrooks]

I always take Alforex wherever I am. The main issue I had was IBS pain. With Alflorex I am pain free if I avoid the foods that I continue to be intolerant to, though with Alforex the intolerances aren't as many. Alforex has helped to stabalise my symptoms over the long term.